Our Team
Dr. Ananya Sinha (she /her)
Founder, Director and Chief Clinical Psychologist
Ratna Sinha (she /her)
Co-Founder
Dr. Ananya Sinha is an RCI-registered trauma-informed, LGBTQ-affirmative Clinical Psychologist with over 13 years of experience. She is an International Affiliate member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a member of the Global Clinical Practice Network of World Health Organisation (WHO) and also a member of Society for Psychotherapy Research, Europe (EU) chapter. She pursued her M.Phil. in Clinical psychology from the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi and her Ph.D. from the prestigious Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). She has been the university topper in her MPhil course and believes in providing empathetic, safe, non-judgemental spaces to her clients. She regards her profession as an opportunity to serve people and help them overcome their challenges She has extensively worked with multicultural clients and is specialised in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Trauma focussed work, Couples Therapy and LGBT-affirmative therapy. A NET and SET qualified Senior Research Fellow recognised by the University Grants Commission and recipient of the Presidential Faculty Fellowship, Binghamton University, The United States of America; her doctoral work delved into the ethical aspects of psychotherapy and counselling. She has written book chapters, published her research in international journals and has been invited as speaker in multiple international conferences. She had served as a Clinical Psychologist in Dumdum Central Correctional Home, West Bengal and in multiple mental health clinics. She has also held teaching positions at Christ University, University of Calcutta and the Indian Psychoanalytical Society. She has been quoted in the Telegraph, Economic Times, The Wire, Parent Circle, Newslaundry and the like.
What is therapy to me? : Therapy to me is a collaborative journey between a client and therapist to discover the issues that may be of concern to the client, eventually leading to healing and growth.
Therapeutic approach: I believe that therapy involves creating an empathetic, safe and non-judgmental environment for the clients. While I have a strong psychoanalytical foundation, my approach is primarily client-centered and compassion-focussed. I attempt to develop tailormade intervention plans for my clients, and often resort to an eclectic approach based on the client’s needs.
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy.
Languages known: English, Bengali, Hindi
Rates:
Individual therapy: Rs 3000 ; Couple therapy: Rs 4000
Psychiatrists
Dr. Bhawani S K
(he /him)
Dr. Manmohan N
(he /him)
Dr. Shreyoshi Ghosh
(she /her)
Dr. Nivedita Sudheer
(she /her)
Dr. Ashvin Chouhan
(he /him)
Dr. Bhawani SK is a psychiatrist who is passionate towards his work as a mental health professional.
He completed his MBBS from government medical college & New civil hospital, Surat, Gujarat. Further he worked as a resident doctor and completed his MD in psychiatry from prestigious institute of India- National Institutes of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru, institute of national importance (INI).
He has experience in child and adolescent mental health, adult mental health, women & elderly mental health. He has keen interest in addiction psychiatry including various substance and behaviour addiction, he did his MD thesis in addiction psychiatry.
He is well trained in identifying and managing various mental and behavioural issues including depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder, OCD and other anxiety disorder, Bipolar disorder, sleep problems , sexual problems, language, relationship and communication problems, mental health issues in child including Autism, ADHD, mental health issues in women, mental health issues in elderly.
He has experience of psychotherapy for emotional and behavioural issues including CBT (Cognitive & behaviour therapy), ERP (exposure & response prevention), couple therapy, family therapy, carrier counselling, existential therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy.
Languages: English and Hindi.
Rates:
Consultation for 45 min. – Rs. 2000
Clients residing overseas: Rs. 3000
Dr. Manamohan N is a passionate and enthusiastic mental health professional. He completed his undergraduate medical training from the prestigious Manipal University before undergoing post-graduate training in psychiatry from St Johns Medical College Bangalore. Further, he worked at National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, for a period of about 30 months. He is accredited as a Psychiatrist by the National Board of Examinations as well. He pursued further training at Melbourne under the Specialist Supervised Training (SST) by the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists where he worked for about 18 months and also gained membership to the Royal College of Psychiatrists London.
He has a keen interest in child and adolescent Psychiatry. He did his doctoral thesis on children with ADHD. He offers services to identify and manage various concerns among children and adults including anxiety problems, depressive problems, stress and anger management, attention, concentration and performance issues, sleep problems, communication and relationship problems, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, OCD, Bipolar disorders, ADHD, Autism, Communication and Language Disorders, childhood motor disorders, problems involving childhood emotional and mental well-being, career guidance, among others. He also has experience in perinatal psychiatry and women’s mental health. He offers specialized mental wellness services for both individuals and couples during the pregnancy and post-partum period.
Consistently involved in contributing to the literature on mental health, he has various published articles in peer-reviewed journals, both nationally and internationally.
He believes in comprehensive evaluation in a multidisciplinary approach involving the biological, psychological, social and cultural factors leading to the current difficulties faced and helps formulate a detailed health care plan to find the solutions for the problems.
Languages: Kannada, English, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
Rates:
Consultation for 30 mins – Rs. 1500
Dr. Sreyoshi Ghosh is currently working in private practice as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist after serving as an Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NIMHANS, (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences) Bengaluru for three years. Dr.Ghosh completed her DM in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from NIMHANS after doing her MD in Psychiatry from KMC, Manipal and MBBS from KMC, Mangalore. DM in Child and Adolescent psychiatry is a medical superspecialty degree with an extremely competitive entrance exam and is the only programme in the country offering rigorous training in child and adolescent psychiatry. She was awarded the Gold Medal for best outgoing student in both MD and DM. She has a keen interest in psychotherapy and has trained in Mentalization Based Therapy under Dr Anthony Bateman. She has worked extensively with individuals with a variety of emotional, behavioural & neurodevelopmental problems like autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, substance use, conduct disorders and eating disorders. She also has an interest in adolescent suicide prevention, school mental health, infant mental health & neuro-psychiatry. She has numerous publications in both national and international journals.
Languages: English, Bengali and Hindi.
Rates:
First consultation with child/adolescent and parents (75 mins) – Rs. 5000
Follow up consultation with child/adolescent and parents (50 mins) – Rs. 3500
Follow up consultation with child/adolescent and parents (25 mins) – Rs. 1800
Dr. Nivedita Sudheer is a consultant psychiatrist. She has done her psychiatric training from two of India’s most prestigious centers, being, Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore (Diploma in Psychological Medicine) and NIMHANS, Bengaluru (MD Psychiatry). She has subsequently worked in clinical and academic roles at NIMHANS/ CMC Vellore and elsewhere.
She has a keen interest in Psychotherapy, and was awarded the “Best Performer” award in the Psychotherapy training programme during her residency at NIMHANS. She also has research publications in peer reviewed journals.
She offers services in the field of mental health care including managing anxiety, depression and mood disorders, sleep problems, relationship problems and stress related disorders among other mental health problems.
Her areas of interest include women’s mental health, specifically the mental health challenges in women during the peri-conceptional and post-partum periods. Her approach to mental healthcare is to strive for the best combination of pharmacological and psychological approaches.
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Rates:
First consultation (60 mins) – Rs. 2500
Follow up consultation (upto 30 mins) – Rs. 1500
Follow up consultation (30-60 mins) – Rs. 2500
Dr. Ashvin Chouhan is a Psychiatrist, DeAddiction and Sexual disorder Specialist. He has done his MD Psychiatry (post graduation ) from the world renowned “NIMHANS” Bangalore, where he is trained to provide remedial measures for mild to severe mental illnesses. He believes in giving medicines for minimum duration and of minimum types and gives universal importance to psychological therapy (counseling). He has an experience of 6+ years in this field. He has done his Senior Residency from Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP, Ranchi) another gem of an institution leading charge against mental health treatment gap. His MBBS was completed in Mumbai’s famous hospital KEM Hospital & Seth GS Medical College. He has profound interest in the field of mental illness since the very beginning, and is moving forward to fulfill his dream of making India a mental illness free country.
Languages: Hindi
Rates:
First consultation: 2000/-
Followup: 1500/-
Supervisors
Dr. Deepthi K
(she /her)
Maitryee Ralte
(she /her)
Dr. Poornima Chandrashekar
(she /her)
Ankita Biswas (she/her)
Angana Mukherjee Sharma
(she /her)
Deepthi K is an RCI registered Clinical Psychologist having 11 years of experience in the field of mental health. She did her post graduation (M.Sc) from Kannur University, M.Phil in Clinical Psychology and PhD in Psychiatry from NIMHANS, Bengaluru. She has worked extensively with children and adolescents having Anxiety disorders like OCD as well as other mental health conditions during her PhD in NIMHANS.
Following her PhD, She started working with Tara clinic, Calicut. In the clinic,she offers consultation and intervention to patients with psychological difficulties across the lifespan with symptoms ranging from acute to chronic and mild to severe. She relies on frameworks of therapy that offer to not ‘cure’ or ‘fix’ an individual but make room for the person to go beyond symptom relief to think and build agency for themselves. Her another area of interest is in Neuropsychology. She works as a part time consultant neuropsychologist in Aster MIMS, Calicut too. She also has experience providing supervision for juniors for the last 5 years both in psychotherapy and neuropsychology.
Areas of Expertise: Psychoanalytic therapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Languages known: English, Malyalam
Rates:
Supervision: Rs. 2000
Maitryee Ralte has been consulting as a mental health professional in the community for over 11 years. She has her independent practice based in Guwahati. She is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and a clinical supervisor.
She received her M.Phil degree from NIMHANS. She completed Masters degree in psychology from North Campus, Delhi University and Bachelor’s degree from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University.
She has worked in the capacity of a faculty, researcher and consultant clinical psychologist in various settings ranging from educational institutions, NGO to hospitals. As a clinician, she has worked with a wide range of population in responding to various mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and bereavement, gender incongruence, developmental disability, relational trauma and so on, all of which inform her lens of the world.
She believes that there is an inherent wisdom within every person and that people are the experts of their own lives. Her work involves consulting with persons from a client-centred lens to facilitate honest self-exploration. Her clinical work is informed by narrative ideas, psychodynamic, attachment and mindfulness based approaches. She is passionate about working with children, young adults and mental health related issues of gender and sexuality. She has a keen interest in supervision and development of professional identity of mental health professionals.
Areas of Expertise: Assessments of children & adolescents with OCD; Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for children, adolescents, and adults with OCD; Family Intervention for adolescents and adults with OCD. Individual therapy for mood, anxiety and personality disorders.
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Kannada
Supervision Rates:
General rate – Rs. 2300 (50 mins)
For internal members of TherapHeal – Rs. 2000 (50mins) ; Rs.1500/ person for group supervision of 2 to 4 members (90mins)
Dr. Poornima Chandrashekar is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and has over 12 years of experience in the field of Clinical Psychology. She completed her Masters in Psychology from Indian Institute of Psychology and Research (IIPR) and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS. She has worked on research projects in the Dept. of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as the Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS. She has held the post of Assistant Professor of Psychology, at IIPR. She is very passionate about working individually with children and adolescents with varied psychiatric disorders, along with providing intervention to their families. She is also interested in working with adults with psychiatric disorders and specializes in providing cognitive behavioral and family interventions. She follows an eclectic approach and believes that therapeutic techniques should be tailor-made to suit individual clients.
She has published papers on parenting styles and written a book chapter on caregiver stress and burden in families of patients with OCD. She has participated in several workshops conducted by the Behaviour Medicine Unit, NIMHANS and has presented scientific posters at both Indian and International Conferences.
Areas of Expertise: Assessments of children & adolescents with OCD; Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for children, adolescents, and adults with OCD; Family Intervention for adolescents and adults with OCD. Individual therapy for mood, anxiety and personality disorders.
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Kannada
Rates:
Clients residing in India
Individual Therapy: Rs. 2000 ; Couple and Family Therapy: Rs. 3000
Clients residing overseas:
Individual Therapy: Rs. 2500 ; Couple and Family Therapy: Rs. 4000
Ankita Biswas is a Senior Consultant Clinical Psychologist with around 8 years of experience in dealing with a wide array of psychiatric illness, behavioural disorders and critical life problems. She is trained and provides Psychotherapy and Counselling for a wide array of Child and Adult psychiatric disorders, emotional and behavioural problems, critical life issues, Behavioural & Internet Addiction and academic difficulties. She is also proficient in providing Marital and Couple therapy. Her treatment expertise lies in the empirical and evidenced based practices in the areas of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Behaviour Therapy & Modification, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychotherapy, Grief Therapy, Supportive Therapy, Behavioural Marital Therapy & Emotion focused Couple Therapy. She is also skilled in conducting a wide variety of comprehensive Psychometric assessments including Diagnostic, Personality, Intelligence and Neuropsychological assessments on Children, Adolescent and Adult clients. She completed her M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from University of Calcutta and is currently pursuing PhD. Her prior work experience includes holding a faculty position at the Institute of Psychiatry, IPGME&R SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, along with part time faculty in Bethune College & University of Calcutta. She also served as Clinical Psychologist in the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore, National Institute for the empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangyan) Regional Centre-Kolkata, and Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking, Government of West Bengal. She also conducts several workshops with children and adults on various relevant topics. She prioritizes maintaining ethical boundaries of treatment, self-integrity, positive regard, empathy, and care towards all, aiming at ameliorating current distress and problems with paving a path towards a fulfilling and satisfied life.
What is therapy to me? Psychotherapy is an existential journey through the waves of various life experiences. I just want to be your helmsman towards being a peaceful version of yourself. I believe in and prioritize acceptance with positive regard, empathy, and care towards all, upholding self-integrity and peace, while maintaining scientific, empirical, & ethical methods of treatment that aims at ameliorating current distress and problems along with paving a path towards a fulfilling and satisfied life.
Therapeutic approach: I follow a Client-centered and Experiential approach based on empirical theories and modes to addressing life issues through generating more adaptive perspectives and behaviors towards resolution of distress, fulfillment and positive growth.
Areas of Expertise: Child, Adolescent, Adult Individual Therapy, Marital & Couple Therapy, Family Therapy. Psychodiagnostics, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Behaviour Therapy and Modification, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychotherapy, Grief Therapy, Supportive Therapy, Behavioural Marital Therapy and Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
Languages known: English, Hindi, Bengali
Rates:
Individual Therapy: Rs 2000 ; Couples/Family Therapy: Rs 2500
Angana Mukherjee has almost 12 years of clinical and administrative acumen and is an experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist. She is RCI registered and a member of IACP. She pursued her M.Phil. from University of Calcutta. Her areas of expertise include Psychological Assessment, Psychotherapy, Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Psychodynamic/Existential Psychotherapy and Couple and Family Therapy. She also offers Clinical Supervision and Training. Being a committed team player and a resourceful leader, she has the ability to motivate and generate results through hands-on management and a sound knowledge base. As a proactive community services advocate, she continually seeks out new resources to aid clients. Sugun Hospital, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, The Reach Clinic, Progressive Milestones, Calcutta University, CUIIPP, Institute of Stress Management, Advanced Centre for Ayurveda in Mental Health and Neurosciences, NIMHANS are the institutions where she has served as a Clinical Psychologist. She also has teaching experience at Montford College and Pradip: Centre for Autism Management. She has published her research papers and articles.
What is therapy to me? I believe that therapy is a process and the therapist is like a mirror who helps to get an objective opinion about the situation, life, people around us which in turn helps to improve their quality of life. Psychotherapy does not seek to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience during suffering.
Therapeutic approach: I believe in a strength-based appraoch. It is important to identify one’s character strengths like courage, humanity, justice and optimism to reach a purposeful and meaningful life. One can strive to find the resources and learn the coping strategies to make life worth living. Hence, therapy can train them to harness the power of shifting one’s perspective to maximize the potential for contentment in everyday behaviours.
Areas of Expertise: Psychological Assessment, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Psychodynamic/Existential Psychotherapy and Couples and Family Therapy.
Languages known: English, Bengali & Hindi
Rates:
Individual session: Rs 2000
Couple therapy: Rs 3000
Clinical Psychologists
Anamika Rawlani
(she /her)
Anisha Khanna
(she /her)
Archana R
(she /her)
Dr. Hesi Herbert
(she /her)
Maupali Ghosh
(she /her)
Anamika Rawlani is an RCI-Registered Clinical Psychologist with over 8 years of experience. She is a life member in Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP). She pursued her M.Phil from Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS) Ranchi. She has her private practice in Lucknow where psychological treatment is available for mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, stress-management, relationship issues, learning disability and teenage issues. Her practice is mainly inclined towards facilitating socio-emotional and cognitive development in individuals. Her orientation is mainly mindfulness and cognitive behaviour therapy.
What is therapy to me? Therapy to me is a creating a safe space where client can just “be” and speak freely. It is that space that allows client to work on his or her mental health and wellness which leads to personal growth and evolving.
Therapeutic approach: Eclectic approach (client centred therapeutic approach)
Areas of Expertise: Anxiety, depression and learning disability (Psychological Assessments and Psychotherapy especially for adolescents and young adults facing emotional and social difficulties and others mental issues), OCD, teenage issues primarily with young adults 18 to 35 years of age group.
Languages known: Hindi, English, Sindhi
Rates:
Individual Therapy: Rs 2000
Couples/Family Therapy: Rs 2200
Anisha Khanna is an RCI registered Clinical Psychologist having 10 years of experience in the field. She did her graduation (B.A) and post graduation (M.A) as well as M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calcutta. She has worked extensively with individuals having Anxiety disorders like OCD, Panic disorder, GAD as well as Depression during her tenure in NIMHANS, Bengaluru. She worked in the Behavioural Medicine Unit, where apart from providing psychotherapy to patients she has supervised M.Phil students. During her tenure in Tata Medical Centre she closely worked with patients having cancer and comorbid psychological issues. She was also a member of Breast Cancer support group where psychological support was provided to Breast cancer patients. During her tenure in Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata she worked closely with adolescents and young adults and provided psychometry and psychotherapy for their mental health disorders. She had organized several peer group discussions for Stress management & OCD. She has been trained in Schema therapy by Professor Arnoud Arntz in July 2020. Overall, she doesn’t believe in labels or diagnosis being attached with a particular patient, but seeing each patient having a set of problems or issues,and understanding the process involved in solving them.
What is therapy to me? For me, therapy entails a lot of listening, empathy, validation and creating a space for the client to express their natural feelings. In a therapy session, I do not believe in labels or diagnosis being attached to a particular client, but seeing each person as having their own unique problems, and understanding the process involved in solving them.
Therapeutic approach: My approach is to make the individual realize that they are unique and special, it’s just that sometimes they are unable to make decisions for themselves, sometimes problems seem very big and feelings may be overwhelming. My approach is to help them tide over these times.
Area of Expertise: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in OCD, and other anxiety disorders. Also, stress management in adolescents and young adults.
Languages known: Hindi, English, Bengali
Rates:
Clients residing in India:
Individual therapy- Rs 1800
Couple & Family therapy – Rs 2000
Clients residing Overseas :
Individual therapy- Rs 2000
Couple & Family therapy – Rs 2200
Archana R is a RCI-registered licensed Clinical Psychologist with 9+ years of Clinical experience. She has completed her clinical training and worked as clinical psychologist in Adult psychiatry unit from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru. She is equipped to carry out various psychological assessments and been trained in evidence based psychotherapies. She takes a client centered and a reflective approach in therapy that enhances the individual overall well being. She has published several research articles on behavioral addiction in National and International Journals. She has also written blogs on community mental health.
What is therapy to me? According to me, psychotherapy is a safe and non judgemental space where the client can understand and reflect one self
Therapeutic approach: My therapeutic approach is integrative. I use integrative psychotherapy that accepts and uses various different psychological approaches in therapy depending on client’s needs
Areas of Expertise : Behavioural addiction, trauma related issues and community mental health.
Languages known : Tamil, English
Rates :
Individual Therapy : Rs 2000
Couple session: Rs 2500
Dr. Hesi S Herbert has over 12 years of experience in the field of Clinical Psychology. She has an MPhil and PhD in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS (The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences). Her areas of expertise include positive psychology especially in the area of resilience, community mental health promotion, couple and family therapy. She works both with children and adults. She is passionate about couple and family therapy since in addition to its healing effects, it can promote wellbeing at a macro level. The therapeutic approaches she utilizes are systemic therapy, emotion-focused therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, mindfulness based interventions, and acceptance and commitment therapy. She believes in the strengths of the clients and as a therapist she hopes to provide a safer space to facilitate their growth. She had held various positions in the past such as Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Clinical Psychology NIMHANS, Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Hank Nunn Institute, Bangalore and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore.
What is therapy to me? Therapy, to me, is a safe, non judgemental space for clients where they begin their healing journey, and reach a place of growth and resilience. I strongly believe that every individual has a unique set of strengths and abilities which will help them to grow no matter what kind of challenges they may go through.
Therapeutic approach: I see the success of therapy in the collaborative process. Clients are the experts of their own life, they have felt the pain in depth and have a better understanding of their experience. I see that role of therapist is to draw from professional training and expertise to create an environment designed to help the clients discover themselves and move towards meeting the therapy goals.
Areas of Expertise: Depression, Anxiety Spectrum Disorders, Personality Disorders, Trauma, Couple & Family Therapy
Languages known: English, Malayalam & Tamil
Rates:
Clients residing in India:
Individual therapy: Rs 2000 ; Couple & Family therapy: Rs 3000
Clients residing overseas:
Individual therapy: Rs 3000 ; Couple & Family therapy: Rs 4000
Maupali Ghosh is a RCI Registered Clinical psychologist practicing for the last 10 years. She completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar in 2014. Maupali has since then worked relentlessly to help people overcome the mental health and emotional challenges they’ve faced in their lives. She is very passionate about helping people in distress. She has worked at premier Indian institutions, such as the Tata Medical Center in Kolkata, Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, and is currently working with The Marriage Fit as a Clinical Psychologist and Couple Therapist. Most of the clients who consulted her described her to be calm, patient, good listener, friendly and experienced in handling emotional struggles and relationship difficulties. Few highlights of her achievement.
What is therapy to me? I feel that therapy is a mode of treatment that helps to shed light upon the concerns faced by clients and equips them to come out of their distress independently. Therapy works when the client is also willing for treatment. It also depends on the skills and expertise of the therapist. I believe that sometimes, psychotherapy works better than medication.
Therapeutic approach: My approach is to first establish a rapport with the client, to create a safe and comfortable environment where the client can communicate freely. Then listening to the client and allowing him or her to ventilate. I prefer collaborative approach which will also include the client’ needs and views and the therapists opinion. I am open to honest suggestions about my treatment, any client can share any concerns or difficulties with the treatment process with me and I generally respect that. There have been lot of successful stories in my journey as a therapist which makes me happy and satisfied at the end of the day.
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-based Therapy Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Languages Known: English, Hindi and Bengali
Rates:
Individual therapy: Rs. 1500 ; Couples therapy: Rs. 2000
Families or parent-child pairs: Rs. 3000
Nisha John
(she /her)
Padmaja Mushahary
(she /her)
Sanchari Roy
(she /her)
Sandeepa Kaur
(she /her)
Saswastika Tripathy
(she /her)
Sayantani Mukherjee
(she /her)
Nisha John is a registered Clinical Psychologist with 9 years of work experience. She is passionate in helping people reach their optimal growth and be more self-aware using a client-centred approach. She has worked with clients from diverse age groups and backgrounds. She believes that one should continue being abreast with the advancements in the field. Her key interest and focus are working with children and adolescents. She believes in early intervention; healthy parental attachment styles and the use of technology could help in the trajectory of the socio-emotional development of the individual. She has worked as a Clinical Psychologist at India’s leading centre for mental health (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences -NIMHANS, Bangalore) and with the past president of the International Neuropsychiatric Association. She is trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Trauma Therapy and Mentalization Based Therapy. Nisha has served as psychologist in Trimed/Neurokrish, Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai Institute of Learning and Development. She had a lot of her research work and papers published and presented in conferences.
What is therapy to me? I believe therapy to be a safe space, where a client’s concerns are “heard”, not just at the surface level but also at the deeper level. Fro therapeutic practice to be fruitful, one should continue being abreast with the advancements in the field.
Therapeutic approach: I use a client-centered approach, to help people reach their optimal growth by becoming more self-aware.
Areas of Expertise: Trauma focused work, child psychotherapy, adolescent psychotherapy, Mentalisation based therapy, Sex therapy
Languages known: English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam
Rates:
Individual session: Rs. 2000 ; Couple Session: Rs. 3000
Padmaja Mushahary is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with 9 years of work experience. She has completed her MPhil training from NIMHANS, Bangalore and worked as a clinical psychologist in the Behavioural Medicine Unit, NIMHANS. She is also a member of SoMHiL (Society for Mental Health in LAMIC- Lower- and Middle-Income Countries). Padmaja finds herself drawn towards working with adults, child & adolescent population. She also works with couples and family unit and has experience of working with clients suffering from a broad spectrum of mental health issues. She is equipped to carry out various assessments and been trained in various evidence-based therapies and has also undergone an Immersion training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Dr Steven Hayes. Keeping in mind the uniqueness of each individual, therapy would be tailor made to benefit the particular individual, in the background of their socio-economic/sexual identity/cultural milieu. She has a client-centred approach and follow an eclectic framework in delivery of therapy that focuses beyond reduction of symptoms to the holistic experiences of the individual for an all-round well-being. As a therapist, she is not guided by the “fixing” agenda, but more of nurturing and growth of the individuals’ existing as well as potential aspects of self.
What is therapy to me? According to me, therapy is a process where a client can gain insight into problem areas through self-awareness and resolve them, along with being able to indulge in self care. I believe that therapy involves nurturing the growth of an individuals’ existing as well as potential aspects of self.
Therapeutic approach: My approach to therapy will be described as non- directive, flexible and strength-based.
Areas of Expertise: Anxiety spectrum, affective disorders, OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, grief, emotional and behavioural disorders in children & adolescents, ADHD, substance use/behavioural addiction and people seeking therapy for general mental well-being/self-awareness.
Languages known: Hindi, English, Assamese
Rates:
Clients residing in India:
Individual therapy: Rs 2000
Clients residing overseas:
Individual therapy: Rs 2500
Sanchari Roy is an RCI registered Clinical Psychologist. She holds an M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar and M.A from Amity University, Noida. Her academic journey in Psychology began with one of the pioneer institution Bethune College, Kolkata. For the past 5 years, she has been working as a Mental
Health Professional. As a therapist her approach is warm and friendly focused on creating a safe and comfortable space where concerns of the clients are addressed collaboratively. She was associated with Hospital for Mental Health, Ahmedabad, Institute of Neuroscience, Kolkata, UNICEF, Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking, Sports Authority of India, and Indian Institute of Psychometry.
What Therapy is to me? Therapy for me is to be there for a Person who seek solace from the chaos of their inner world. It also entails providing a safe and non-judgemental space for the person to explore their thoughts, emotions, and experiences. It’s an intimate journey of connection and growth. Empowering a person towards self-discovery and healing is profoundly liberating for me. Therapy is not just a profession to me, it’s an unwavering commitment to healing one soul at a time.
Therapeutic Approach: I embrace an integrative and person-centred therapy approach that is entirely tailored to meet the individual needs of each person who seeks my support. I firmly believe that no two individuals are exactly alike, and their therapeutic journeys should reflect their distinct experiences and aspirations. So, I take time to understand an individual’s concerns, challenges, and goals. This understanding serves as the foundation upon which I craft a customized treatment plan that best addresses their unique circumstances.
Areas of Expertise: Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Learning problems, Work stress, Internet addiction, OCD, Body image issues, Adjustment issues, Bullying, Autism, Forensic Psychology and Sports Psychology.
Provides Service to: Child & Adolescents (4 to 17 Years) and Adults (18 to 60 years).
Assessments: IQ Tests, Psychodiagnostics, Neuropsychological Tests, Personality assessments, Projective Tests
Languages known: English, Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati (Intermediate Level)
Rates:
Individual Therapy: Rs. 1000 ; Couples Therapy: Rs.1200
Sandeepa Kaur has 8 years of experience in the field of Clinical Psychology. She is a NIMHANS alumnus, a renowned RCI-registered Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Consultant in World Mental Healthcare Association. She completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, an institute of national importance. She is efficient in providing psychotherapy and intervention for a wide variety of conditions. She follows an eclectic approach and decides the intervention based on the needs and interests of the client. Her areas of expertise are Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness-based Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Family and Couple Therapy and Parent Management. She conducts various workshops in corporates and colleges on anxiety, depression, stress, relationships, encouraging positive emotions, handling grief. She has worked in Mannki Services Pvt. Ltd., Cora Healthcare, Project ECHO from Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS. She was invited as a resource speaker by the prestigious Indian Psychiatric Society; Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS; State Health Society, Bihar; NIMHANS Digital Academy; MHECON, Department of Mental Health and Education, NIMHANS, to name a few. She believes in creating awareness and destigmatizing mental illness for which she started her YouTube channel called Mansa: Mental Health and Wellness.
What is therapy to me? Therapy to me is the use of evidence based interventions to help clients deal with concerns related to behaviors, emotions, thoughts and relationships. I believe that therapy is a process that enables the client to work on their concerns/stress in a non-judgmental space provided by the therapist.
Therapeutic approach: I take a collaborative approach where I work with you to help you come up with the goals for the sessions, gain insight about the concern/s and discover healthy coping mechanisms. I also believe that the therapist is like a guide who helps you make a better decision for yourself.
Areas of Expertise: Anxiety, Depression, Substance use disorders, Stress related issues, Couples therapy, Family therapy
Languages known: Hindi, English, Assamese, Punjabi
Rates:
Clients residing in India:
Individual sessions: Rs 2200 ; Family and couple therapy: Rs 3000
Clients residing overseas:
Individual therapy: Rs 4150 ; Couple & Family therapy: Rs 4150
Saswatika Tripathy is an RCI Certified Clinical Psychologist based in Bangalore. She has 11+ years of work experience in the areas of Mental Health and Clinical Services from NIMHANS (Institute of National Importance), Bangalore and Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi. She graduated her M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology from Central institute of Psychiatry (CIP, Ranchi) and M.A in Clinical & Counselling Psychology from Utkal University (Odisha). During her M.Phil. program, she has received intensive training in carrying out Cognitive & Neuropsychological Assessments and Evidence based Psychotherapeutic interventions. She is trained in Adult Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Mental health, Family and Couples Therapy, Addiction Medicine, Behavioural Medicine, and Psychological Rehabilitation. With 9 years of experience, she is effective in providing psychotherapy and intervention for a wide variety of conditions like CBT to deal with Anxiety Spectrum Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, DBT based approach to treat Borderline Personality issues and Emotional Dysregulation, MET and Family based intervention to deal Addiction related issues, Behavioural modifications and Applied Behavioural analysis to deal with Child & Adolescent Mental Health. She believes in eclectic approach to Psychotherapy and practices in integrating various evidence-based interventions to treat diverse needs of her clients. After M.Phil., she started working as Senior Investigator in NIMHANS for research in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) & the Medical Research Council (MRC), United Kingdom titled “Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorder and Addictions (cVEDA)”. During the tenure, she got extensive knowledge and experience related to Assessing & Dealing with Addictive Behaviour, in Adolescents and Young Adult members of the cohort and their Family Members. She conducted various workshop & sensitization programin different schools and colleges based in Bangalore to create awareness about Adolescent Mental Health and Career related issues. She also acted as a Resource Person and trained professionals from various parts of India on Drugs and Behavioural Addictions conducted by Centre of Addiction Medicine (CAM) – NIMHANS, Bangalore. She Participated and presented the existing Clinical practices in southern part of India in professional development training for professionals and researchers specializing developmental disabilities in South Asia hosted by Bangor University’s School of Psychology (North Wales UK) in Dubai, UAE. She also has over 3 years of experience in supervising Psychotherapy and Assessments done by MPhil Clinical psychology trainees under Dept of Clinical Psychology in NIMHANS during their academic years.
What is therapy to me? I believe and prioritize maintaining ethical boundaries of treatment, unconditional positive regard, empathy to understand client’s issue and self-enabling themselves which automatically direct them a path towards an independent and stress-free life.
Therapeutic approach: I believe in an eclectic approach to psychotherapy and practices by integrating various evidence based interventions to treat diverse needs of clients.
Areas of Expertise: CBT (for anxiety spectrum disorders and OCD); DBT (for Borderline Personality disorder and emotion dysregulation); MET and Family based intervention (to deal with Addiction related issues); Behavioural modifications and Applied Behavioural analysis; Couples Therapy, Grief related work, Emotional abuse and trauma related work.
Languages known: English, Hindi, Odia
Rates:
Clients residing India:
Individual therapy: Rs. 1600 ; Couples and family session: Rs. 1800
Clients residing overseas:
Individual therapy: Rs 2200 ; Couple & Family therapy: Rs 2800
Sayantani Mukherjee is an RCI-registered Clinical Psychologist with 8 years of Clinical experience. She is always very enthusiastic about her work and mostly drawn towards the field of mental health for keen acceptance towards humanity and human emotions. She has an extensive training in the field of Clinical Psychology. She completed her Masters in Psychology (Developmental disability specialization) and Mphil. in Clinical Psychology from University of Calcutta. She had undergone supervised training in Play therapy under Lucy Bowen under National Association of Play therapy and is practicing Play therapy for the past 2 years. She has also undergone specialized training in Psychoanalysis under Indian Psychoanalytical Society. Her special field of interest mostly lies in Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Behavior therapy, Play therapy and Dialectical Behavior therapy. She has extensive experience in working with the marginalized population of the society including sex workers and LGBTQ community. Her expertise involves mostly in Individual Psychotherapy (child, adults, adolescents and elderly population) along with Marital therapy. She also has undergone training in Quality Circle Training (Group therapy) under Teacher’s Foundation Organization (Bangalore). She is a member of Indian Psychanalytical society (IPS) and Indian Psychologists Network (IPN). She has conducted many workshops in CBSE and ICSC schools, government organizations and corporate institutions. She has also worked with Army, Airforce and Navy in Government sector, Command Hospital. She believes the main crux of Psychotherapy lies in unconditional acceptance, unconscious connection between a client and a psychotherapist and patience along with other therapeutic techniques.
What is therapy to me? Therapy is having an honest interaction with the self. When one meets themselves in a raw and pure form, they slowly realize that they are a ‘human being’. I believe that the main crux of Psychotherapy lies in unconditional acceptance, unconscious connection between a client and a psychotherapist and patience along with other therapeutic techniques.
Therapeutic approach: My approach depends on the concerns that the patient is coming with. I believe that sticking to only one approach, i.e., either individualistic or collaborative will be limiting our skills as a therapist. We need to be flexible with our approaches depending on client’s needs
Areas of Expertise: Anxiety disorders, Depression, Schizophrenia, Childhood externalized and internalized disorders, Personality disorders, Geriatric Depression, Marital Therapy. My therapy approach is mostly CBT, Psychoanalysis, DBT, BT and Play therapy.
Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali
Rates:
Individual therapy: Rs. 1500 ; Couples and family session: Rs. 2000
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Sailaja Menon
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Suma is a RCI Licensed Clinical Psychologist in India with 8 years of experiences. She secured Gold Medal for her M. Phil in Clinical Psychology from Osmania University and completed her MSc in Psychology (Clinical) from Bangalore University. She has worked as Clinical Psychologist in well renowned esteem institutions such as National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Spandana Hospital, RECOUP Neuro Centre & Pragnya Clinic, Bangalore. She conducted tele-conference training sessions for District Mental Health Program Psychologists on various mental health topics and invited speaker for National conferences, colleges programs and organizational training. She also worked under Employee Assistant program for IT companies. She was also a part of helplines and conducted webinars/counselling for addressing mental health issues of Covid patients.
She is a passionate scholar-practitioner who divides her time between clinical practice, training, and research. She believes that therapy is a collaborative process to guide the clients to increase self-awareness, gain new perspectives, decrease symptoms, and increase personal strengths to have a meaningful life experience. She is trained in providing Psychotherapy and Counselling for a wide array of Child and Adult psychiatric disorders, emotional and behavioral problems, critical life issues, Behavioral & Internet Addiction, and academic difficulties. Her treatment expertise lies in the empirical and evidenced based practices in the areas of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychotherapy, Supportive Therapy, Behavioral Marital Therapy & Emotion focused Therapy. She uses an integrative and non-judgmental approach which builds secure atmosphere and work alliance where client will be able to share, learn and grow holistically.
What is therapy to me? Therapy, to me, creates a safe space via a collaborative work alliance between the client and therapist, wherein the client will be able to share, learn and grow holistically. It guides the clients to increase self-awareness, gain new perspectives, decrease symptoms and enhance personal strengths to have a meaningful life experience.
Therapeutic approach: I use an integrative and non-judgmental approach to build a secure atmosphere and work alliance.
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Positive Psychotherapy and Supportive Therapy. Existential Psychotherapy, Adult Individual Therapy, Marital & Couple Therapy,
Languages known: English, Kannada, Telugu
Rates:
Individual therapy: Rs. 2000 ; Couples and family session: Rs. 2500
Vijayalakshmi is a RCI registered clinical psychologist with working experience of 9 years. She has completed her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Interested in individual therapy along with couple therapy. Conducted many awareness programs on substance use disorders. Her areas of expertise are in women and child mental health. She has a good experience in handling children who have school refusals, personality disorder, anxiety disorder and substance use disorder. She has worked in PSYMED hospital Chennai and had private practice simultaneously. She has also trained many interns from psychology and social work backgrounds and conducted classes for the interns. While working in Psymed hospital she was part of the research team and has conducted psychometric tests for participants. She believes in therapeutic alliance – a healthy relationship brings a better quality of life. She uses an eclectic approach and attachment related work with her clients. She prefers ACT, CBT, DBT, schema-focused therapy, emotion-focused therapy.
What is therapy to me? I consider therapy to be like a spa, wherein a client can relax one’s inner beauty, cleanse their mind and help them “groom” themselves to be the best version of who they are. It’s like an anchor that helps one to build healthy relationships, which in turn brings about healthy changes in oneself.
Therapeutic approach: I believe in client-centered approach where I engage in scaffolding with clients. I believe in being with the client through their journey of therapy and then slowly weaning off, as they gain skills and perspectives to manage their challenges.
Areas of Expertise: Personality disorders, anxiety disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents, Adult ADHD
Languages known: English & Tamil
Rates:
Individual Therapy: Rs.1900 ; Couple Therapy: Rs.2500
Sailaja Menon is a licensed Counselling Psychologist, with over 27 years of clinical experience in the field of Mental Health, Counselling, training, teaching and supervision. She has graduated as a Psychologist with a Post Master’s Degree (CAGS) specializing in Multicultural Counseling from the world-renowned and prestigious Johns Hopkins University in the United States and following on served as a Faculty Associate in the Graduate School of Counseling at Johns Hopkins for 7 years. She has worked in Public and Private Settings as a Psychologist in the US, India, Dubai and Singapore. She has provided Individual, Couple and Family therapy on various mental health and life issues to a diverse range of multicultural clients. Ms. Sailaja has worked as a referral provider for several corporate and workplace institutions in the UAE for their EAP programs. She continues to provide therapeutic services to Indian citizens who cannot afford psychological services under the Crisis Prevention Program (CPP) that she has helped to establish under the patronage of the Indian Consulate, Dubai (a first-time initiative in the history of Indian missions across the world) for the past ten years. Due to her deep interest in teaching and research she has served as faculty at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Counselling. She strongly emphasizes the importance of incorporating a holistic model of services that takes into consideration the mental/emotional, physical/biological, social, community and the spiritual aspects of the client to ensure well-being and self-sufficiency. Her theoretical orientation is primarily client-centered; however, she is eclectic in her approach and often integrates other models of therapy such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Compassion based therapy, Mindfulness based therapy, Emotion focused therapy, Acceptance and Commitment therapy. She works primarily with couples, individuals and families on a broad range of mental health issues.
What is therapy to me? Therapy to me is the confidence, courage, and comfort to be emotionally naked and candid with your therapist to become a better version of yourself . In therapy, what a client requires is not someone with a brilliant mind sitting across from them, but someone with a patient heart that listens to them. On these principles, my sessions are built from the foundations of progressive and solution focussed therapies which are navigated with the ingredients of empathy, commitment, mindfulness, compassion, and sensitivity such that my clients have the confidence, comfort, courage, and permission to explore their self, their worries, their unsaid fears and secrets, their pain, their trials and tribulations, their relationships and its dynamics and their existential crisis and their purpose of life.
Therapeutic approach: My approach is primarily client-centered. I strongly emphasize the importance of incorporating a holistic model of services that takes into consideration the mental/emotional, physical/biological, social, community, and spiritual aspects of the client to ensure *their* well-being and self-sufficiency. I believe in nurturing and modeling a safe and empowering*environment* that can aid a patient to clarify problems, set goals, and implement teachings and learnings from therapy. I strongly advocate psycho-education and am very proactive with the mantra, ” Help my client to help themselves” I take a collaborative approach where I work with you to help you come up with the goals for the sessions, gain insight about the concern/s and *discover healthy* coping mechanisms. I also believe that the therapist is like a guide who helps you make a better decision for yourself. My approach depends on the concerns that the client is coming with. I believe that sticking to only one approach, i.e., either individualistic or collaborative will be limiting our skills as a therapist. We need to be flexible with our approaches depending on client’s needs
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Compassion-based therapy, Mindfulness-based Therapy, Emotion Focussed Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Languages: English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi
Rates:
Individual therapy: Rs 2000
Couple therapy: Rs 3000
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